Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Concealers are such an important product in my everyday makeup routine, and they're something I rely on a lot to improve the confidence I have with my skin. I'm very lucky that I don't have a lot of break outs on my skin that often, but when I do I like to be prepared. The other main reason I love concealer so much is it covers the veins that show in my eyelids. I wanted to share my favourites with you and why I love them!

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

This was the first ever concealer I tried and to this day I still use it the most. I can't imagine how many I've been through but it never lets me down. The colour match is perfect - I'm shade 01 Fair. The product has great pigmentation and doesn't feel heavy on the skin at all.
Recently Collection brought out their colour correcting concealers. My two favourite are the green and yellow. I use the green on any red areas like around my nose and sometimes on my cheeks, then the yellow for under eye. After blending out you would need to go in onto with the original concealer.

Whenever I feel as though I need heavy duty coverage, this is what I reach for. It's so highly pigmented and can literally cover anything. It's very thick and creamy so when applying I would recommend the tiniest amount and rub it in between your fingers to warm it up, then apply with fingers/ a mini sponge.

For days when I am feeling really tired or want a little bit of coverage but something very natural looking, I use this product. It's very hydrating and soothing on the skin and contains caffeine so is great for under eye circles. I prefer to use the shade 1N.

Tuesday, 17 October 2017

As a fashion design student I'm constantly on the look out for interesting stationery items to help create a visually pleasing sketchbook. It's taken a long time to find these items so I thought this blog post would be helpful!

Ring Bound Folder

I am very fussy with folders, the amount i've been through over the years is pretty embarrassing. However I've recently found a brand that I love. Their folders are such good quality and the colour range is really good. My new edition is the grey one shown above, however I also have two salmon pink ones. I use these to put all my research in, this doesn't all go into my sketchbook.

At the moment I have two different pencil cases on the go. The first is from WH-Smith and is a fun transparent pink with a chunky orange zip, it's perfect for fitting into bags and holds all I need for travelling in and out of uni. The second is from Oh Deer and has cute little Illustrations all over it. This is a slightly larger size so is great for coloured pens and pencils.

I could probably do a whole blog post on my favourite pens and pencils, but for now I will keep it short and sweet with my top two coloured. The first are brush pens from WH-Smith. They're so lovely to work with as you don't have any of the hassle with paint and brushes. I'm all about that easy mess free life! They also have a fine tip end, although this isn't in a brush form.

Coloured pencils aren't something I like to use that often. Instead I've found I love working with crayons, especially these roll up crayons from Crayola.

Finally, highlighters. I love to colour in with highlighters but I also find them really useful for to-do lists as I highlight the most urgent things to do on them. My favourite are the Stabilo Boss Pastel coloured highlighters.

Coloured tapes are something I have been collecting for the past year. I have found my favourite are from a brand called mt. The quality is so great and the colour choice is pretty good. Another favourite of mine isn't actually shown above but they're thin little coloured tapes from Amazon, very cheap and cheerful.

Purchasing a label maker honestly changed my life, and I know how sad that sounds! I always used to spend so long in my sketchbook working on making the title look good and now I just do a few clicks and stick a label down. The labels often get complimented in my sketchbook. I recently found some fluorescent tapes that you can put through the label maker, which got me very excited!

Tuesday, 10 October 2017

I am totally in love with these two dresses from H&M Studio. The first is a beautiful checked structured dress with a really interesting shape and cutout at the back . I styled it with my green Zara jacket, chunky All Saints boots and Brixton hat. It's got a real sense of country heritage to it so I love wearing it at home. The second dress is very 60's - constructed in a wool-blend fabric it has a great a-line look and is also nice and warm, perfect for autumn/winter.

The quality of both are amazing. The first dress is made in a thick cotton blend which gives structure to the dress and also feels super luxurious to wear. Then the lining of the second black dress is soft and silky which means the wool-blend outer shell won't be itchy at all on the skin. It's really nice to own items that have a lot of thought and a feeling of luxury to them.

Tuesday, 3 October 2017

I often get asked about my skincare routine and which products I love. As a beauty blogger I find I like to try out a lot of different brands and products but am always worried they're going to ruin my skin. The following skincare items are my fail safe items that always work for me. I have very dry skin, that's not so spot prone any more but it does still happen on the odd occasion.

Garnier Micellar Water

I have been using the product for years, every since it came out actually. It's such an easy way to remove your make that doesn't irritate my eyes or skin. My eyes are the main thing to react to cleansers and especially being a contact lens wearer I don't always like to use an oil cleanser, especially not in the morning. I prefer to use oil cleansers in the evening.

Origins Super Spot Remover

Spot treatments are great, if you use them at the right time. Don't let the spot develop, instead when you feel it coming or can see something happening under your skin zap it straight away! This little product works wonders. It stings a lot but I only leave it on for about an hour and then put a solid layer of Sudocreme over it.

Loreal Hydra Genius

I'm obsessed with the smell of this stuff! As I said my skin is often very dry so I like to use this product on days when I need that extra moisture in my skin. It absorbs really quickly into the skin and I then add my normal moisturiser on top.

It Cosmetics Confidence In a Cream

This has to be one of the best moisturisers I have ever used on my skin. Since using it I have seen such great results to the look and feel of my skin. There really isn't a product this brand has created that I don't love! Would definitely recommend it.

Face Inc Sheet mask

Who doesn't love a sheet mask?! The patterned ones from Face inc are my current favourites. The shape of the sheet is really well thought out in terms of the shape of your face, nothing is poking in my eye or feels in the wrong place. It also stays on your face and doesn't slip off.
I tend to leave it on for about 15+mins and then rub the remaining in to my skin. Each one I've tried has left my skin feeling super soft and rehydrated.